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... army infantry officer whose only real achievement in four years of active duty was earning my parachute badge . I joined the army on 14 May 1968 , my birthday ; although I was honorably discharged six years later , I have been around ...
... army infantry officer whose only real achievement in four years of active duty was earning my parachute badge . I joined the army on 14 May 1968 , my birthday ; although I was honorably discharged six years later , I have been around ...
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... army captain in ROTC who patiently explained to me , via E - mail , how army ROTC is conducted on the campus . That the idea of a chair in military ethics was lost on the captain , I could understand . That the uni- versity ...
... army captain in ROTC who patiently explained to me , via E - mail , how army ROTC is conducted on the campus . That the idea of a chair in military ethics was lost on the captain , I could understand . That the uni- versity ...
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... Army wants to save from death , lest all the Ryan brothers perish ( as did the Sullivan brothers in real life ) . A squad of soldiers under the command of Captain Miller is dis- patched on a mission to find and save Ryan . They ...
... Army wants to save from death , lest all the Ryan brothers perish ( as did the Sullivan brothers in real life ) . A squad of soldiers under the command of Captain Miller is dis- patched on a mission to find and save Ryan . They ...
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... army and the navy were called upon to do what soldiers and sailors have done , or tried to do , throughout the ages : find , fix , fight , and finish their national enemies . 1 That is an unpleasantness , but it is also a truth . The ...
... army and the navy were called upon to do what soldiers and sailors have done , or tried to do , throughout the ages : find , fix , fight , and finish their national enemies . 1 That is an unpleasantness , but it is also a truth . The ...
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... army major or navy lieutenant commander , for example , has ever turned in a peer for stealing a government pen or a wrench or two or for government communications equipment used for purely personal mat- ters ? There can be such a thing ...
... army major or navy lieutenant commander , for example , has ever turned in a peer for stealing a government pen or a wrench or two or for government communications equipment used for purely personal mat- ters ? There can be such a thing ...
Contenido
Temperance and the Profession of Arms | 127 |
Character and the Profession of Arms | 145 |
Epilogue | 165 |
Notes | 173 |
Select Bibliography | 203 |
Index | 213 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 30 - INDUSTRY. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful ; cut off all unnecessary actions.
Página 136 - Jesus. •Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Página 122 - With exceptions so rare that they are regarded as miracles and freaks of nature, successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.
Página 171 - Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we must be saved by love.
Página 183 - Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Página 12 - Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he, to keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that, caused him to pledge it exist no longer. If men were entirely good this precept would not hold, but because they are bad, and will not keep faith with you, you too are not bound to observe it with them.
Página 128 - When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.
Página 29 - ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4 RESOLUTION Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.
Página 96 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Página 29 - Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2 SILENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3 ORDER Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.